Funny… turkeys (the bird) are called “dinde” in French, which means “from India” and is short for “poule d’Inde”: chicken from India. Guinea pigs are called “c

Funny… turkeys (the bird) are called “dinde” in French, which means “from India” and is short for “poule d’Inde”: chicken from India. Guinea pigs are called “cochon d’Inde” which means “pig from India”. In fact they are neither from India nor Guinea.